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Found these two parts in my disk drive of 800k Macintosh SE
Posted by: mactjaap on 2017-09-02 11:36:21
I heard a stange sound and opend up this not working 800k disk. I found these two parts in the motor and removed them. Now it works fine.

Who now what these can be?

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Posted by: SalvationCoder on 2017-09-02 18:10:36
I found these same bits in the original 800k floppy drive of my 512ke after I took it out of my closet and felt confident enough to restore it.  The floppy drive had been basically shot (with short bouts of functionality) ever since I got it, and had only deteriorated from there.  When I replaced it, I found pieces just like those rattling around.  I never did determine with certainty exactly what they were, but circumstantial evidence led me to suspect that they were part of the read/write head assembly.
Posted by: mraroid on 2017-09-02 19:52:34
Are you both talking about the two copper colored things sitting apart from each other?

mraroid
Posted by: mactjaap on 2017-09-03 01:47:37
Yes. The two copper "things".

@SalvationCoder

Woow. Wat a coincidence! I'm curious if anybody can solve this mystery. One of the parts was even in the motor giving a nasty sound.
Posted by: Aoresteen on 2017-09-10 16:47:46
Not sure but they look like grounding clips.
Posted by: mactjaap on 2017-09-10 22:14:41
Where do these grounding clips belong?
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